Frank J. Buchman

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Topeka Farm Show Set For 30th Edition Next Week

The 2019 Topeka Farm Show will celebrate its 30th anniversary, January 8-9-10, at the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka, announced Brock Nelson from Tradexpos, event coordinator, Austin, Minnesota.

“Our first show was in 1989, and we’ve grown to the use of three exhibit areas, nearly 275 companies, about 650 booths and added attractions that include daily horsemanship clinics, events for the entire family, free parking, and free admission,” Nelson said.

According to Brock Nelson from Tradexpos in Austin, Minnesota, the 2018 Topeka Farm Show will celebrate its 30th anniversary, January 8-9-10, at the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka, with about 650 booths and added attractions.

“This is a one of a kind show attracting more than 30,000 attendees each year,” he continued.

Primary focus of the Topeka Farm Show has been to bring attendees who have a full-time stake in agriculture to meet and visit with exhibiting companies.

This has been accomplished in a high degree as each year booth space is sold out with numerous companies on the waiting list, according to the show official.

There’ll be special drawings for soybean seed and a utility trailer. Free health care services have been scheduled in addition to free well water nitrate testing.

Show opens each morning at 9 o’clock. It’ll close at 5 o’clock Tuesday, but remain open Wednesday evening, Jan. 9, until 8 o’clock. The show concludes Thursday at 4 o’clock.

Again, 580 WIBW will be a major sponsor of the Topeka Farm Show, as it has since the first year.

Farm programming directors Kelly Lenz, Greg Akagi, and Dan Johnson will have live 580 WIBW interviews with exhibitors each day at the show.

“Attendees can get the latest information daily on the show by tuning to 580 WIBW on their radios,” Lenz pointed out.

Nearly 275 companies will have displays at the 2019 Topeka Farm Show, January 8-9-10, at the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka.

Scott Daily will give free horse training clinics each day in Domer Arena. They’ll be at 12:30, and 3:30, Tuesday; 1 o’clock, and 6 o’clock, Wednesday; and 11:30, and 2:30, Thursday.

Annual convention of the Kansas Soybean Commission featuring the Kansas Soybean Expo 2019 is again scheduled in conjunction with the show on Wednesday, Jan. 9, beginning at 8:30. It’ll be at the nearby Capitol Plaza Hotel.

“The Topeka Farm Show continues each year to recognize the needs of the exhibitors and attendees and expands its format to include those expectations,” Nelson welcomed.

Additional information is available at www.tradexpos.com.

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